The UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at Deakin
A forum for communities, researchers and policy makers to examine critical issues of diversity and social justice in our globally connected world.
Through research, collaboration and capacity building, the Chair aims to build inclusive, just and peaceful societies by promoting respectful intercultural dialogue and combatting discrimination and structural inequality.
UNESCO publication launch in South Africa
On 6 November 2024, Professor Mansouri was honoured to participate in a panel discussion with other leading international experts at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, celebrating the launch of a groundbreaking publication “More than Welcome: Intercultural...
Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan
Professor Fethi Mansouri and Dr Amanuel Elias discuss Australia’s first National Anti-racism Framework in an article published in The Conversation. The goal of ending racism is highly ambitious, yet necessary.
ADI researchers named Australian leaders second year in a row
The Australian’s Research magazine has once again named Fethi Mansouri (Human Migration) and Ihsan Yilmaz (Religion) as Australian leaders in their research fields.
Intercultural Dialogue Index Report Launch
We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Intercultural Dialogue Index (ICDI) Report, including conceptual framing and country analysis of 52 countries. It is an initiative of the UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice.
Communicating Social Cohesion in Forced Displacement: A Framework for Protracted Situations of Encampment
Associate Research Fellow to the UNESCO Chair, Dr Valentina Baú, has recently published a new article and attended the EuPRA Conference.
2024 UNESCO Chair Oration: Mr Giridharan Sivaraman on ‘The Racism of Benign Assimilation’
Watch a recording of the 2024 UNESCO Chair Oration, delivered by Mr Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner, on the topic of “The Racism of Benign Assimilation.”